The following weight loss plan can help you lose anywhere from 5 to 10 pounds in one week. This plan does not involve starving, diet pills, or cutting out food groups in their entirety. It's all about making small sacrifices and adapting certain methods that will benefit you in the long run.

Make Water Your #1 Drink

Sports drinks, ice tea, soda, and juice contain anywhere from 100 to 250 calories per serving. And still, none of these drinks have the nutritional content that 250 calories of food has. So eliminate them completely. Water has no calories or carbs making it the perfect drink to slim down. Water also helps you purge out excess water weight and ignites your metabolism. Make water be the first thing that you put in your body every morning; and drink it at room temperate.

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Don't Eat White Bread or Pasta

Eliminating white grains like white rice, white bread, and white pasta from your diets will instantly cause you to slim down. The simple carbohydrates inside these types of grains cause bloating around your stomach. In addition, simple carbohydrates are digested quickly, which causes hunger cravings that will make you overeat later.

For even better gains, instead of replacing them with whole grain carbs, replace them with vegetables. Instead of eating a ham and cheese sandwich, eat a chef salad. Instead of eating corn chips with dip; eat carrots and celery with dip. The carbohydrates in vegetables digest slowly so your stomach will remain full for a longer period.

Exercise 30 Minutes a Day

Getting your heart rate up for 20-30 minutes burns calories. And doing workouts that involve both your arm and legs will make you burn even more. So try workouts like kickboxing classes, dance aerobics, running or swimming. They will make your burn around 300 calories per each 30 minute session.

An added benefit is that you'll tone your leg and arm muscles while you lose calories so you'll appear thinner and well-defined.

Drink Coffee One Hour Before You Exercise

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Drinking a cup of coffee will not only make your work more productive, but it's an added boost to your metabolism that will make your burn more calories without even realizing it. Coffee can give you that extra explosive energy that will cause you to push harder during workouts.

Make Food Sacrifices

Cut out junk food completely from your diet. Don't eat chips with your lunch, or cheese cake for dessert after meals. Don't eat anything that does not add nutrition to your diet. A simple chocolate cake for dessert can add 350 unhealthy calories to your meal that will be difficult to burn later on.

For a more comprehensive list of food items that you should never if you'd like to lose weight fast, check out this article on weight loss tips with the full list included towards the middle of the page.

Add Pushups and Lunges to Your Daily Workouts

Build muscle for your upper and lower body by doing push-ups and lunges at home. Muscles will give your body a sleeker shape and healthier appearance. Lunges work your glutes, hips, thighs, and hamstrings while pushups work your chest, shoulders and arms. Keeps your back and legs straight while you do pushups so that your muscles work harder. You can build more muscles in your legs if you grab a set of light dumbbells while you do lunges.